Force modulating tissue bridge
US11298133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00951
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Medical devices disclosed herein include pre-defined structures for dispensing forces onto a tissue plane in a living organism and are utilized to adjust spatial relationships, orientations, and mechanical forces in a patient treatment area. The treatment area may be a wound, an incision, or a surgically accessed area within a patient that includes oppositely disposed sections that heal more efficiently and with less scarring when force vectors of a particular magnitude and direction are applied to the treatment area. The medical device provides a structure that may be pre-stressed through planned deformation that develops desirable spatial and mechanical relationships along the tissue plane for alignment, compression, advancement, eversion, inversion, distraction, rotation, angulation, and the control or modulation of tension across the treatment area.
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